Institute seeks inauguration of procurement council for effective governance

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria (CIPSMN) has urged the Federal Government to inaugurate the National Procurement Council to give the country the lead in effective procurement.

The North Central Zonal Coordinator of the institute, Mr Abdul Mamman, made the call on Saturday in Abuja at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the institute.

According to him, the country will benefit from the inauguration of the council as it will help in eradicating corruption associated with the procurement process.

“Nigeria is set to benefit if it really allowed what to be done but what we are seeing now in Nigeria is that the economy has been wobbling.

“The government is trying but whatever good intention you have if the structures to implement the plan are not well endowed in the knowledge area, definitely complaints will come from the people you are targeting.

“The National Council of Public Procurement which was established in 2007 as the first chapter of the act has not been inaugurated.

“If it is inaugurated, the function of the council is about policy enunciation and policy-making to track the activities of those who are ensuring compliance with the Public Procurement Act, that is the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP),” he said.

Mamman said that the non-inauguration of the council had given rise to non-professionals taking charge of procurement deliveries in government agencies which, he said, had oftentimes produced inefficiencies.